Psychometric Properties of Obsession with COVID-19 Scale in the General Population of Kermanshah, Iran

Obsession with COVID-19 Scale (OCS) examines the persistent and disturbing thinking about COVID-19. The current study aims to determine the psychometric properties of Obsession With COVID-19 Scale (OCS) in the Iranian population.

This research is a descriptive-cross sectional study to determine the psychometric properties of OCS. The study population included all people of Kermanshah in 2020. 400 individuals were included in the study using convenience sampling. The measurements utilized include the online forms of the demographic information questionnaire, Obsession with COVID-19 Scale, The Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale, and The Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale. Data analysis was done using SPSS-21 and Amos-20. the descriptive statistics indicators, confirmatory factor analysis, Pearson’s correlation coefficient, and Cronbach’s alpha were use applied.

The study population consisted of 94 male and 306 female individuals (23.50% and 76.50% respectively). The mean and standard deviation of the participants’ age was 29.48±9.32. Cronbach’s alpha of the scale was measured to be 0.79. There was a significant convergent validity between OCS with DASS-21 and Y-BOCS (P<0.001). Also, the single-factor model of the scale had strong fitness indexes.

According to the results of the current study, OCS has high and acceptable validity and reliability in the Iranian population.